Holding device for bathroom accessories



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HOLDING DEVICE FOR BATHROOM ACCESSORIES Filed Oct. 20, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 2' 4, 1948. A. MARCHAND 2,440,367

nomme DEVICE FOR BATHROOM ACCESSORIES Filed 00:. 20, 1945 2 Shets-Sheet 2 Patented May 4, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

HOLDING DEVICE FOR BATHROOM Y ACCESSORIES Adolph Marchand, Jackson Heights, N. Y.

' Application October 20, 1945, Serial No. 623,492

1 Claim. 1 This invention relates to a holding device for a bathroom accessory.

The object of the invention is to provide a holder which is disposed firmly in the bathroom wall and, nevertheless, permits an easy with:

drawal and exchange of the accessory part.

To attain this object the invention contemplates the combination of a supporting plate attached to the wall and a bathroom accessory provided with an integral carrier plate, the carrier plate being secured to the supporting plate by means of retractable prongs and the frictional engagement between the recessed side walls of the carrier plate and projecting side members disposed laterally on the supporting, plate.

An embodiment of my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, of which:

Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, of the accessory after it has been secured to the wall;

Figure 2 is a rear plan view of the carrier plate;

Figure 3 is a front view of the lower face of the same part; c

Figure 4 is a vertical section on line 4-4 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a vertical section on line 55 of the same figure;

Figure 6 is a rear plan view of the supporting plate showing the prong-carrier and screw laid down relatively to the plate, but the prongs being out of the lateral flange apertures;

Figure 7 is a front view of the lower face of the supporting plate after removal of the adjusting screw and prongs;

Figure 8 is a rear plan view of the same part and, likewise, without the adjusting screw and p Figure 9 is a vertical section on line 99 of Figure 8;

Figure '10 is a fragmentary view showing the prongs and the prong carrier;

Figure 11 is 'a vertical section through the prong carrier on line ll-Il of Figure Figure 12 is a view of the screw by which the prongs are adjusted;

Figure 13 is a rear plan view of the device after assembly of the carrier plate on the supporting plate.

Referring to Figure 1, it will be seen that the bathroom accessory I, which is shown as the conventional soap receptacle, is provided with a carrier plate 2. The carrier plate, which is illustrated in Figures 2 to 5, is provided at its two long sides with inwardly overhanging walls 3,

which, at two places on each side, have straightwalled recesses 4. In addition, there are disposed in the two side walls, two smaller recesses 6 of substantially triangular cross section which extend from the bottom of the plate over part of the height of the walls.

Figures 6 to 12 illustrate thesupporting plate I which preferably is made of metal and, as appears from Figure 1, is fastened to the wall by two screws 8, inserted through holes 9, or by any other suitable means. The supporting plate has two pairs of projecting flanges l0 and Illa of which the latter pair has longitudinally extending slots 12. A headed machine screw I3 is seated on the supporting plate in inwardly turned forked lugs I4 and [4a, which may be stamped 'out of, or otherwise made integrally with, the

ground face of the plate. Carriedby the screw is an internally threaded member 15 to which are pivotally attached two prongs it which have points substantially corresponding in shape to the small recesses 6 and extending into the flange apertures I 2. A spacer ring I! is disposed between the interior projection Ma and the bracket l5.

The device operates as follows:

After the supporting plate has been rigidly attached to the wall, the adjusting screw is adjusted to a position where the prongs extend into, but do not protrude from, the lateral flange apertures. The carrier plate with its accessory part is then placed over the supporting plate by bringing into register the lateral recesses 4' of the carrier plate with the flanges Ill and Illa of the supporting plate and the inclined surfaces 3 of the carrier plate are brought into frictional engagement with the inclined flanges by sliding the carrier plate downwards. The adjusting screw is then tightened, thereby forcing the prongs Hi to spread out of the lateral slots [2 into the small recesses 6 disposed in the side walls of the supporting plate, as shown in Figure 13.

The accessory with its carrier plate is now firm- 1y locked on the supporting plate and thus on the bathroom wall by two cooperating locking actions: its lengthwise movement on the supporting plate is barred both by the force of its own weight and by the engagement of the prong points in the recesses while it removal in a, rectangular direction away from the support is prevented by the engagement between the overhanging section of its side walls and the inclined flanges of the support.

In order to remove the accessory, the screw is reversed. This will retract the prongs and tion, the device has been viewed as in the position in which it is on the Wall of the bathroom- It is obvious that many modifications are possible without departing from the spirit of the invention. It is, for instance, within the contemplation of the invention to form the supporting plate as a part separate from the bathroom accessory, connecting the two parts by any suitable means. Also, the equivalent of the prong device may be a single spring having acentral threaded opening for reception of the screw I3, as will readily be understood without further explanation.

Having thus described :my invention and illustrated its use, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A holding device for a bathroom accessory, comprising a rectangular supporting plateconnected to the wall and provided with inwardly inclined lateral flangesand two forked lugs, a, vmachine screw journaled in said lugs, :an internally threaded member carried by said .screw, a pair of prongs pivotally attached to .said threaded member, said flanges being provided with. longitudinal apertures for detaining the points of said prongs and said threaded member being adapted to be moved by the rotation of said screw and thereby to force said prongs to spread outwardly, a rectangular lid-like carrier plate made integrally with the accessory part and provided with side walls around its periphery, the side walls on the long edges of said carrier plate being substantially straight over part and overhanging over the remainder of their length and having internal recesses of substantially triangular cross section, said carrier plate being adapted ,to jbe'placed over or removed from said supporti'ingplate by bringing said inclined flanges into register with said straight portions of said side walls and being adapted to be locked against rectangular removal from said supporting plate by bringing said overhanging flanges into abut- REFERENCES crrnn The following references are .of record in the file of this patent:

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